{"product_id":"wildest-country-j-parker-huber-9781934028094","title":"Wildest Country: Exploring Thoreau's Maine","description":"Back in print by popular demand, this fully updated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Wildest Country: A Guide to Thoreau's Maine\u003c\/i\u003e follows the famed naturalist Henry David Thoreau's sojourns in Maine and offers modern commentary on how the route has changed. Drawing on Thoreau's faithfully recorded itineraries in his classic book \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, author J. Parker Huber provides comprehensive color maps and summaries of Thoreau's travels. Huber artfully organizes these excursions into one grand tour of Maine's most impressive scenery. From Moosehead Lake to Katahdin, returning to Bangor down the Penobscot River, today's traveler can trace these routes for an hour, a day, or several weeks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Wildest Country\u003c\/i\u003e is illuminated with Thoreau's distinctive observations of his natural surroundings and his fellow man: his delight in the illusive laughing loons; his sampling of indigenous tea substitutes; and his pact with Indian guide Joe Polis to exchange every bit of knowledge each possessed--within 11 days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis beautiful edition, illustrated with beautiful color and historic black-and-white photographs, is the perfect choice to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in Boston in 1864.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Parker Huber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934028096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934028094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AMC Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 7.00w x 0.39d","brand":"J. Parker Huber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450058191103,"sku":"9781934028094","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29315d02-81d0-4930-8986-3b28b052bccd.jpg?v=1777266039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wildest-country-j-parker-huber-9781934028094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}